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Jul 20, 2019 · Family of Origin is a spirited defense of the maligned millennial generation. It's also an innovative work of climate fiction, a nuanced and empathic family story, and, for my money, the...
Jul 16, 2019 · FICTION. FAMILY OF ORIGIN. by CJ Hauser ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2019. A unique, poignant, and slightly taboo novel about family, biology, and evolution. bookshelf. shop now. In the wake of their father’s death, two half siblings confront their pasts and try to rewrite their futures.
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Jul 16, 2019 · C.J. Hauser. 3.48. 1,509 ratings242 reviews. When Nolan Grey receives news that his father, a once-prominent biologist, has drowned off Leap's Island, he calls on Elsa, his estranged, older half-sister, to help pick up the pieces. This, despite the fact that it was he and Elsa who broke the family in the first place.
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Dec 4, 2019 · Book Review: Family of Origin By Amy Reardon Leave it to the generation that enjoyed a privilege and abundance fueled by post-WWII government subsidies to close the door behind them, handing their children an earth destroyed by greed, a democracy gone off the rails, and crushing student debt.
Book Summary. When Nolan Grey receives news that his father, a once-prominent biologist, has drowned off Leap's Island, he calls on Elsa, his estranged, older half-sister, to help pick up the pieces. This, despite the fact that it was he and Elsa who broke the family in the first place.
About Family of Origin *BONUS: Includes the viral essay sensation “The Crane Wife”* “An innovative work of climate fiction, a nuanced and empathic family story, and, for my money, the summer’s best novel thus far.” –NPR.org “The most oddly enticing novel you will read this year…Keenly satirical yet unashamedly tender.”
That’s the truth about CJ Hauser’s second novel, Family of Origin. In this novel, two estranged half siblings, children of a brilliant but erratic scientist named Ian Grey, meet at a privately owned Gulf Coast island—a former 1960s commune named Leap’s Island.
